HC Deb 20 January 2003 vol 398 c34W
Mr. Sanders

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the United Kingdom's coastal waters counter-pollution practices were last reviewed. [91602]

Mr. Jamieson

In January 2000, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) published the "National Contingency Plan for Marine Pollution from Shipping and Offshore Installations" (NCP), which set out revised command and control procedures for the response to shipping incidents in the UK counter pollution zone following the experiences gained during SEA EMPRESS incident and from the recommendations in Lord Donaldson's review of salvage and intervention and their command and control. The MCA uses regular exercises to test the NCP.